Loeb also gave Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo $25,000. Singer has backed the governor in the past but hasn't given recently.

The campaign committee was very active last year, often backing Republican Senate candidates and spending around $4 million in the final weeks of the election. Senate Democrats were generously backed by teachers' unions.

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